A trekking expedition that ended up killing nine persons after a fire broke out on the Kurangani Hills in Tamil Nadu, is alleged to have been organised by the Chennai Trekking Club (CTC), an online group of over 40,000 members.


TN forest fire: Online group organised trekking


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Actor Michael Caine says he will not work with filmmaker Woody Allen again after learning of the sexual assault allegations against him.


Caine vows never to work with Woody Allen


Overreaction by banks and investigative agencies to the Rs 12,600 crore fraud on state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) which came to light last month could hurt essential credit disbursement to trade and industry, tempering growth expectations, industry association Assocham said on Sunday.


PNB fraud overreaction may hugely hurt credit flow: Assocham


The anti-poverty campaign co-founded by U2 frontman Bono is being threatened with legal action by former employees who have claimed that they were bullied by a senior official for almost four years and their complaints were not dealt with properly.


Bono's anti-poverty campaign faces harassment claims


After Nawazuddin Siddiqui's name cropped up for allegedly spying on his wife, the actor has dismissed these as "random allegations".


Nawazuddin dismisses 'random allegations'


Following the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, public sector banks have been asked to obtain passport details of borrowers taking more than Rs 50 crore  so that information is quickly available in case any loan-taker flees the country.


PSBs told to obtain passport details of borrowers over Rs 50 crore


British model and actress Elizabeth Hurley's nephew, a 21-year-old model, was stabbed multiple times here.


Elizabeth Hurley's 21-year-old nephew stabbed


The CBI on Friday charged five directors of a West Bengal-based private company and eight State Bank of India (SBI) officials of criminal conspiracy in a case of bank fraud involving Rs 4.12 crore here.


CBI lodges case in Rs 4.12-crore bank fraud in Bengal


The high-powered group set up by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) following the Rs 12,600 crore fraud on state-run PNB, with a mandate to suggest remedial measures in the banking system, has not yet received the required documents and information from the bank, ICAI said on Friday.


Chartered accountants' group says awaiting fraud information from PNB


In a fresh twist in the Thane CDR case, the city police's Crime Branch has summoned Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui for investigations, but he failed to respond, official sources said here on Friday.


Thane CDR case: Actor Nawazuddin under police lens


Former Union Minister and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Friday stressed the need to fight corruption and ensure that black money stashed abroad by many Indians was brought back.


Bring back black money from abroad: Jethmalani


Nearly 25 per cent of the women rescued from commercial sexual exploitation in Goa are from massage parlours, an NGO said on Friday, and added that Nepali and Thai women top the list of foreign women rescued from such parlours, which promote cross massages.


25% sex workers rescued are from massage parlours: Goa NGO


The number of wilful defaulters, who did not repay their loans to state-run banks, increased by 1.66 per cent to 9,063 during the first nine months (April-December) of the current fiscal, Parliament was informed on Friday.


Wilful defaulters increase, owe over Rs 1.10 lakh cr to PSBs


Nearly one million residents were left without power and in the cold as two nor'easters hit the northeastern United States in less than one week.


Nearly 1mn without power as snowstorms hit US


Three persons have died and 15 others injured in a powerful blast that was followed by a blaze which ripped through a government industrial estate late last night, an official said here on Friday.


Three killed in Maharashtra factory blast


With reports of rampant illegal mining of sand across the state, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a vigilance inquiry into the alleged nexus between top officials and the illegal mining mafia.


Amarinder orders vigilance probe into illegal mining


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will write to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to "revoke passport" of one of the absconding directors of the Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company Sterling Biotech in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe in the alleged Rs 5,000-crore bank fraud case.


ED wants passport of absconding Sterling Biotech Director revoked


The use of a nerve agent in an attempted assassination of a former Russian spy and his daughter who remained unconscious and in a critical condition after falling suddenly ill in a southern English city was a brazen and reckless attack, UK's Home Secretary Amber Rudd said on Thursday.


Use of nerve agent on ex-spy a brazen attack: Rudd


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will attach more properties of former Global Steel Holdings Ltd Chairman Pramod Kumar Mittal for allegedly defrauding government-owned State Trading Corporation (STC) of Rs 2,112 crore.


ED to attach more properties of absconding businessman Mittal


Amid fears of a potential ecological disaster, a container ship continued to burn on Thursday off Agatti island in the Arabian Sea, with Indian officials revealing that its cargo was of dangerous class.


Container ship burns amid fears of eco-disaster, 3 sailors critical


Gitanjail Group promoter Mehul Choksi, accused of involvement in the Rs 12,600 crore fraud against the Punjab National Bank (PNB), has said it was "impossible" for him to return to India, citing health reasons and suspension of his passport.

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